I love an operating accessory for my model railway, and have a couple of Hornby side tipping wagons - but not the pipe tipper version as shown here. One to look out for.
I also think that bright red with white boiler bands is the best livery ever for a GWR loco, and putting a super-chuff system in the tender only makes things better.
And don't forget to put your telephone number on the tender
ReplyDeleteCareful Phil, you'll get yourself into trouble with GWR modellers!
ReplyDeleteI wondered if "Lord Westward" was the inspiration for J.K.Rowling's ""Hogwarts Castle"? The time period is about right for her to have come across it when she was young...
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Interesting theory, but was the train described in the book?
ReplyDeleteNever read 'em. Something "red steam loco" is on the front of one of the books...
ReplyDeleteJKR just described it as red. Some suspect that she was envisioning a different station than King's Cross.
ReplyDeleteThe first publicity train used a Southern pacific -- I think it was red, but I'm no longer sure.
The movie producers wanted something that looked more old fashioned and found the Hall.
It was Taw Valley which looked rather immense in red.
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DeleteJKR said her books were written on the trains between Manchester and Euston and that platform 9 3/4 was inspired by Euston station where the platform signage and original barrier line had 11 and 10 and then a building and 9 and 8 platforms. Lord Westward was named after the Chairman of the Hornby company of the time.
ReplyDeletePhil, from what I remember, Westwood is where Hornby was (is?) located, and is near Margate in Kent. I think that Hornby produced a one-off named “Lord Stratten” for the then editor of the Model Railway Constructor *Steve* Stevens-Stratten as something of a joke...
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